Updated to 14 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 481 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015
No. 33 of 2015
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-33 | 1 September 2015 | Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 364 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 34 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| Ss. 35-37 | 1 September 2015 | Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 364 of 2015), art. 2 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act included in collectively cited Planning and Development Acts 2000 to | s. 1(2) | 1 September 2015 | Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 364 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 2 amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| Part 2 (ss. 3-26) functions transferred and references construed (Mayor of Limerick) | 7/2024, ss. 1(3), 10, & sch. 1 part 2 | 16 May 2024 | Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 207 of 2024), art. 2(b) |
| S. 3 amended insofar as the definition of “Board” is inserted | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | 18 June 2025 | Planning and Development Act 2024 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 256 of 2025), art. 3(3), schedule, part 3, item 2 |
| S. 3 amended | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025 (9/2025), ss. 1(4), 33(1) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(4) | |
| Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 65(a) | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. | |
| S. 3 amended except insofar as the definition of “Board” is inserted | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| Ss. 3-26 reference to time period construed | 30/2000, s. 251A(1)(d) as inserted by 2/2020, s. 9 | 29 March 2020 | Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (Part 3) (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 100 of 2020), art. 2 |
| S. 5(1)(a)(iii) substituted | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 63 | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| S. 5(1)(b)(ii) amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 6(5)(b) amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 6(6) amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 8(d) amended | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 65(b) | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| S. 9(2) amended | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 65(c)(i) | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| S. 9(3) amended | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 65(c)(ii) | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| S. 16 substituted | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 64 | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| S. 18(2)(a) substituted | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 65(d) | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
| S. 24 amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 44 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 25 substituted | Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), ss. 1(3), 65(e) | 19 July 2018 | Commenced on enactment. |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 11(1) | Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (Section 11) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 374 of 2018) |